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Our First Donation!

A mashuf for Oscar! We met this father and son last year, north of the Euphrates River, in former marshes drained for 20 years, then re-flooded with polluted, brackish irrigation return water. Needless to say,their nets were empty.

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About This Project

Collapse of the marsh ecosystems of southern Iraq after 1991 forced hundreds of thousands of people into urban slums, and led to contamination of the remaining water supply. We will establish three test beds to see whether brackish water returned from oil drilling and refining can be used to construct new salt marshes. These will filter water, provide forage for livestock, create habitat for fish nurseries, and give new economic opportunities.
Blast off!

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